Where the new begins…
This may be out there for some, it may twist your mind. It will get you thinking.
“and lo, a woman, a Canaanitess, from those borders having come forth, did call to him, saying, ‘Deal kindly with me, Sir — Son of David; my daughter is miserably demonized.’ And he did not answer her a word; and his disciples having come to him, were asking him, saying — ‘Let her away, because she crieth after us;’ and he answering said, ‘I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.’”
Matthew 15:22-24 YLT1898
I researched and found that the Canaanitess people were not Israelites. They were a mix of all different nationalities. Jesus did not acknowledge her right away because she was not “ the lost sheep of the house of Israel.’”. Think about that for a second. Jesus was sent to the Israelites. Those who had been under the law. It does not mean that Jesus’s teachings are not useful or can’t teach us and influence us. What it does mean is that He is still old covenant teaching. The new did not come in until the cross!
As I learn and dive deeper into this, as the teaching on pure Grace flows through me, different revelations have started coming to me. I would like to share as I seek these out. I look for others to listen to, have their own and have conversations to help keep the flow going.
God has reveled to me that shame is one of our biggest adversaries and it keeps us distant from the fullness and wholeness He desires for us. He said to me, there are many scriptures that show this, from the Old to the New, it releases unworthiness over those whom I call. It is not God who sees us as unworthy, but our own lost identity of how we see ourselves. He would not call on you if you are unworthy! The fact that you are awakened makes you worthy! There is nothing more you need to prove, it is time to release that thorn in your side and die to your flesh, let the death of your mindset be the awakening of your true identity! Let us all feast at the table, pass on what we are hearing and seeing! We are a gift to one another, let’s start believing it and acting that way
A shot across the bow…
Boom! There goes another one! As I was scrolling along on social media the past few days, I have been seeing a disturbing theme. It has become the new thing, but really not all that new, amongst my brothers and sisters. War has been declared and the weapon of choice, The Bible. Not the actual book it’s self, but certain words, verses and chapters, used in a misguided way. Why do I say misguided, because that is how most of us have seen them used. Most of us have been taught to battle, to go up against the evils of this world, to fight for God! You all know exactly what I’m talking about if you have spent anytime with religious mindsets. You probably even know that feeling, as someone has taken a shot at you.
God’s word’s, what Jesus spoke and the other authors of inspired writings, are not loaded cannons waiting there for us to light the fuse. It is not okay for us to take a shot across someone’s bow to get them to submit to us. As vessels of God, our responsibility is not to battle, not to overpower and not destroy other vessels with the Word. It is not a weapon that we get to use to control or manipulate others in to our line of thinking. It’s intent was not fear, shame, blame or condemnation, but that is exactly what it has become. It is read, then it is used to pass judgement on others. The reader views it out of their perspective, out of how they were taught and then war is declared on those who do not see it their way. They have a closed mind, a hardened heart towards any other perspective. They only hear what they want to hear, see only what they want to see. If you do not submit, if you do not change to how they see it, they now point the cannons at you! They now have full intentions of destroying you.
I have a couple of simple questions. Do you think that this is what Jesus did? Do you think God wants us to wag war? Do you think God is so weak, that He needs you to fight for Him?
I believe we have one purpose, that is to use God’s words to turn people towards Jesus and then rest. The war is over, the battle was won! We keep fighting like God needs us to fight, like He can’t do it on His own. Jesus spoke love, His love and gave us guidance on how to turn those around us towards the Father. It is by being an example of that love! Nothing more! Some where someone decided that they have been given the mission, the task to do for God, not with God. Once again, is He not big enough to do it? Did He make you the sheriff to keep the law and is it His or yours you are keeping?
These are the questions I ask myself before I respond to anything. What would Jesus do? How would Jesus answer? What are my intentions? If it is not with love, then I need to check my ego, I need to step back and rest in Him and I need to pull the fuse out of my cannon. I need to pull my cannons in, close the windows and become that vessel of peace and love. I believe that is God’s will for us, not to fire off shots at each other.
Think about this, if a nonbeliever is watching or a new believer is listening, how do you want to show them our amazing Father? I sure don’t want them afraid of Him, afraid to ask question or if they hear from Him, afraid to tell us what He said. Let’s practice loving each other and let’s stop fighting
Old Contract, New Covenant
There is a truth in the body of the church today. They believe that they are walking in freedom, chains broken off and no bondage holding them down. This is the mask that they slide over their face so they can say I am free! They have much more freedom than they had before, but still not totally free from their own beliefs of religiosity.
Those who have been in church for any period of time are in a self induced battle. They want freedom but they believe they have to work for it. They must perform to get God’s love, His gifts and His favor. It is ingrained in them, so much so that they don’t see it. Religion is a giant blind spot for even those whom are teaching freedom and unconditional love. They are stuck in a servant mentality, a must do in order to receive. They are still in a contract with the Old Testament and attempting to be in a Covenant with the New Testament. There are great teachings and things we can pull out of the Old Testament, but it was under the law, under contract of serving. There are conditions that must be acted upon, to hear from God, to bring His presence and to have peace. You must fast to hear clearly from God. You must battle to free yourself from bondage. You have to follow blindly, for only I know God’s vision. You have to tithe in order to receive God’s favor. You must be obedient to God, to leadership in order for God’s Grace to fall upon you. I ask you this simple question, does that sound like freedom or unconditional? But it’s what you do, why, because someone whom you believe has it figured out, is telling you so. The problem is, they were taught religion, they were taught under the law. They were groomed under a contract and it is tough to break away from it. It’s not their fault, it is what has happened to so many. It doesn’t make them bad or uncaring, just lost between love and law.
Paul wrote of pure Grace in his teachings. He had direct revelation from Jesus, he was taught through revelation, to the new covenant. But Peter, James and John, they had trouble dividing the new with the old. If they did, how could we not see that it would be any different with us or those around us. The truth is, it’s hard to unlearn what you thought was true, what you have been guided to believe, what was taught as being righteous.
I know I have just jumped way out there for some. I can hear the grumbling and the walls being built. I have been dealing with it for weeks now, maybe even months. There came a moment when a shift happened, when my eyes were opened and my Spirit said YES! I am still walking this out, but God put this on my heart today. He said, after much counseling yesterday, that it was time. I feel myself about to turn that proverbial corner on to that one way street. I know this, I have never been so free, never felt love like this or been able to forgive and love like this in return. Paul, had it figured out before he left this earth. If you start in Galatians and take that journey with him, it will change your Spirit!
It is time to tear up the contract, make a covenant with your Father. Out with the old and in with the new! Your Daddy loves you, always has, He didn’t ask anything from you, He just does!
More to come…
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Your Frequency
We live in a do as I say not as I do society. It is evident in the government political arena, in the work place and unfortunately in the church.
Every two and especially every four years we see it time and time again, the mud slinging battle of who is right and who is wrong. They bash the candidate who is in office or the party that had control, so their party can get elected. They will point out what “they” are doing wrong or how it doesn’t line up with what they believe the people want. Their history only goes back so far, their blind spots are party specific and they see only what favors them. If you take a step back and look at it objectively it’s like a bad comedy that you laugh at, only because it makes you uncomfortable.
The work place has kind of the same theme. The mentality of management has a philosophy of do what I say, not as I do. Do your job as I tell you to. Do it in a timely manner. Be perfect! Then if a fault occurs, they blame those they lead and push responsibility off on someone else. They never look at themselves, never self evaluate or see how they are leading. The speak it, but they are not a true example of it.
The unfortunate reality is the same mentality has encompassed the church. I’m not talking about a specific building, but the church body as a whole. We have all heard the scandals, I don’t have to list them. We have seen it from a local level, to high profile problems and issues that the news jumps all over. We also know the local stuff that gets pushed under the rug, not acknowledged or is ignored until it fades away. Just like politics, it’s never repaired it just becomes accepted. It’s never addressed or even talked about, “it is just how church is”.
We have, well most of us have, sat in church and listened to all types of messages. We have been told to live this way, act like this and to believe that. We have been condemned, blamed and shamed. We have also been exonerated, set free and shown love. The crazy thing is, sometimes these have happened in the same day. I have personally experienced this. I have sat and cried, several times in my life, over what leadership in a church has concluded about me. I have been told “the way you are living, it’s leading you straight to Hell”. How about this one, “smoking and drinking are not Godly, you will be judged for all of it”. This one here, “I’ve been in church for years, how can your Spirit know more than my Spirit”? There are more, but these three stand out to me. Three different churches, three different leaders and three of the same mindsets, you are less than. Here is how I felt, fear, condemned and unworthy. Is this what we are supposed to be teaching? Is this what our God is doing? Is this what Jesus sacrificed for? I don’t believe so. I could get Biblical in all three, but I’ll let you do that for yourselves.
We hear it all the time in churches, unconditional love, people over problems and forgiveness. This sounds amazing! But is it true? Is it what they are doing or just what they are saying? It is true with Jesus! It was when He walked the earth and it is still true today! He didn’t actually preach it, He did teach it, but more importantly He lived it! Jesus walked out what He spoke of. Do we question His love? Do we question His integrity? Did He practice what He taught, everyday? Now ask yourself, do you?
God spoke to me about this very thing. About my integrity, my intentions and my projection. He said I was born into righteousness, I am still spiritually righteous, but is that what my flesh is projecting? What frequency is my life tone? Do I resonate the same as Jesus did? Am I even close to it? God said if you speak it and don’t live it, that makes you a hypocrite. Actually He said unrighteous in the flesh, but hypocrite seems to fit. If I take, am I not a thief? If I lie, am I not a liar? If I condemn, am I not a Pharisee… woah!!! That seemed harsh, but is not that what they did? Live this way, follow the law of man, this is God’s way, His vision. But yet, they did all the things they told others not to do. Look, I have been guilty of these things. I speak to myself in these blogs as much as I try to share with whom ever reads them.
I believe that we must be who we speak of being. The frequency of our actions are just as important as our words. The righteousness of our flesh is important. Alignment of mind, soul and spirit will give off a tone, it carries a pure sound. Jesus’s was so strong that people flocked to Him. He wasn’t handing out pamphlets, no Facebook ads and no outreach program. But yet thousands came to Him! Think on that a moment, thousands!
We make the mistake of saying, “but He is God”. He wasn’t anymore than we are now. He was human, walking it out just as we are. He was teaching on Grace, maturing as He listened to the a Father and then spoke on what He saw the Father doing. His life on earth aligned with His Spirit in Heaven. His frequency was Heavenly. He brought Heaven to earth, no as a God, but as a human. We can do it too! After all Jesus is inside of us. We have the Holy Spirit guiding us, just as He did. The question then becomes for us all, am I doing what the Father is doing or am I just saying it?
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Pure Grace
The circular motion of religious law is to keep you in place. It gives the appearance of freedom, but will always bring you back to its freedom with conditions. It will let you look out side the circle, but just so it can condemn the revelation of those whom seek the mysteries. The law says, the literal meaning of the Word is all there is, you must follow it in order to know God, to find salvation and to see Heaven. Grace says the opposite, it is the contradiction to law. Grace is Jesus plus nothing! All thing turn to Jesus, with His teaching there is no circle, there are no limitations.
When we lock in to a factual account of the literal translation of the Word, are we not limiting the Word? We say that’s it’s alive, but if we only see it how “we” believe it is written, are we putting God in a box? The truth is, yes we are! We keep Him between two book covers and freak out if someone sees something different. We don’t even want to listen to what others see or even more important what God is saying to them, through them.
Paul states very clearly that his teachings is not of man but by revelations.
“And I make known to you, brethren, the good news that were proclaimed by me, that it is not according to man, for neither did I from man receive it, nor was I taught [it], but through a revelation of Jesus Christ,”
Galatians 1:11-12 YLT1898
But yet we are quick to dismiss others revelations. Why do we see them as not worthy? Do we see them as less than we are? Do we believe we are the only ones who can possibly hear from God? I believe we miss out on consistent occurrences of the revelation of Jesus, by dismissing each other. How can we ever grow in Christ if we see only our own value, our own understanding in what God is saying. Does it not say to rest in His understanding? So I challenge you to seek out what that means. I have my own definition of what God’s understanding is, it has been refined like gold is in fire!
My wife asked me recently, “Do you think the Bible was written to us or for us?” I answered quickly, I said for us. Why? Because no where does it say, you silly Jim or the the church of Jim. I was not, the twelve or the seventy. But I do know that the message is clear, that for me, for us it was written as a blueprint as a guideline of what Grace looks like. I am not dismissing the Old Testament, for in those pages exist the same message, along with what not to do, with the ways God used others. It also shows the power of revelation through prophets and teachers.
We are all on a journey, each one of us has a path, but I believe we can shorten the destination with the gifts placed in front of us. The five fold is important! The gift of discernment is a key to the doors of mystery. Jesus told the disciples at one point there are things I want to tell you but you are not ready, then later after their beliefs grew, He revealed those things to them. But, it didn’t stop after He physically left them, but through visions, through revelations He kept teaching them. Do we have the audacity to think He has weakened, that He can no longer teach us? Or do we want to learn, do we want to be taught all that there is? Do we, by our faith in Him believe that through us all, He can teach us what the mystery of pure Grace is? I believe that more today than yesterday. Some though will remain stuck. Some will grow to point and stay, be content with where they are. Some will never see past their blind spots. Then there are those who want to be fed, they want more, they need more.
I look to the path, I value the journey and I pray for more keys, the keys you have for me! I am excited to open every door, the ones that open quickly and the ones that open slowly. I am learning to value every situation and pull from it what God needs me to know. I am glad that you are on this journey with me and look forward to day we all meet, here on earth or in Heaven. We will meet, I know it! Let’s work together, let’s bring the a Good News of pure Grace to all, let us listen and see Heaven on earth…
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We are Sons, Not Servants
We are sons, not servants
“and when the fulness of time did come, God sent forth His Son, come of a woman, come under law, that those under law he may redeem, that the adoption of sons we may receive; and because ye are sons, God did send forth the spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying, ‘Abba, Father!’”
“so that thou art no more a servant, but a son, and if a son, also an heir of God through Christ.”
Galatians 4:4-7 YLT1898
When you read those verses you are being taught a valuable lesson. When you let what it is saying to you set in to your mind, it should line up with what your Spirit already knows. When Jesus came He broke you free from the bondage of law, He broke you free from having to live up to what man believes we must do to earn our Fathers love.
Those of us who have spent time in most churches have been taught that we must “do” to receive. But this is a false teaching, although those teaching it believe it, it doesn’t make it so. You did not earn your sonship, you didn’t have to jump through hoops, give a hundred dollars are serve the church for six months, nope it was given to you. You are redeemed! It says so right there! So what does that mean?
Redeem: gain or regain possession of (something) in exchange for payment.
So if Christ payed for it already, why do we think we have to continue to make payments on it? Why do we feel we have to work, to be a servant to God, to be redeemed for our trespasses? To pay for what we have done, after Jesus already did it seems a bit extra, doesn’t it? It also seems a little disrespectful to Him in my eyes. He paid with His life, but yet we think we have to do a little more, a lot more in some cases, to get back in to grace with our Father. Why? Because someone else said so?
For thousands of years this has continued to be taught, faith without works is dead. I say He already died, He did the work, payment was made, “it is finished”.
I will leave you with this to think on, if we continuously have to redeem ourselves, if we have to work, confess and strive to be free, then why did Jesus come? Why did God send Him to reconcile us to Him? Why are we not resting in the idea that we are already sons?
“I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing!””
Galatians 2:21 NIV
We are in a Battle
We are in a battle,
“put on the whole armour of God, for your being able to stand against the wiles of the devil, because we have not the wrestling with blood and flesh, but with the principalities, with the authorities, with the world-rulers of the darkness of this age, with the spiritual things of the evil in the heavenly places;”
Ephesians 6:11-12 YLT1898
In the Strongs Concordance translation this is the definition of devil: diábolos (from 1225 /diabállō, “to slander, accuse, defame”) – properly, a slanderer; a false accuser; unjustly criticizing to hurt (malign) and condemn to sever a relationship.
When you read that definition it changes the way we read that verse. At least it did for me. The Bible is a living word, it transcends through the ages, it says the same thing, but is still revenant today. So it says put on your full armor of God, later in the chapter it explains the pieces of armor. The two I’m going to focus on is the shield of faith and the helmet of salvation.
Let’s get in to it. You have your armor on, so what are you battling? It says the wiles of the devil, the definition describes it as slanders and false accusers. If you have your helmet of salvation on, to me salvation is also wisdom. For in my salvation I am given the Holy Spirit, which carries the gift of discernment, words of knowledge and many others. These gifts make us wise, this is the helmet God has given you, we are to use it for His good. As you use your helmet, you have to allow God’s wisdom to guide you. When some speaks, when they are talking to you about who they are and what they are doing, at the same time your Spirit is checking in. It is looking into their heart for the truth of God’s word. You see He knows the truth! In our Spirit we are connected to Him, what He knows, so can we. If their intentions are not of God, your Spirit will know, if you pay attention, so will you. If they are being dishonest , slanderous, being of false witness it will let you know. Use that for His good, use that to make sure who you follow and what you follow does not have I’ll intentions. Sometimes, thay don’t even see it themselves, it is a blind spot of the highest magnitude. It can destroy the very thing they love and cherish. (Love them anyways)
Now that we are using our wisdom, we must also be able to hold up our shield of faith. We must believe in our faith that nothing can stand against us. That the darts that may come from others can not penetrate who we are in Him. He will be their if we believe! Our worthiness is based on this faith, in His love, if we know He is there, then we have nothing to fear! No words or actions taken against us can prosper. Once again, it is all in our faith.
You are suited up, your wisdom is on point, your faith is strong and you are ready for battle. Now rest! You don’t have to do a thing. When you suit up, you are in His arms of protection. Your enemies, your adversaries are already defeated. The Bible says they are under your feet, God will deal with them. It really is that simple. Go up and read that verse, then come back to the next paragraph.
We are not wrestling against flesh and blood! We are going up against others hearts, the inner workings, the thing we cannot see. We are going up against intentions and the authority they feel they have to speak negativity in to your life. The control they feel they must have for things to work out their way. It says world rulers, it says of this age. The living word has transcended to today. World rulers does not mean Presidents, Kings, Queens and Princes. It means those who seek out worldly things, things of the flesh and blood! Worldly power, money, authority to reign over a body. Yes even the body of Christ! It is everywhere! You see it in all forms of government, from nations to churches. Everyone is seeking some sort of control. Was Jesus looking to control? Was He here to tell us what to do? He was here to show us how to do it, how love can and would change the world. It’s not about doing things our way but His way. But that’s not what is happening. When we think we have a better way, when we think we have it figured out, we fail! If it’s not His way, it is false. If it’s not what Jesus showed us, it is not what the a Father is doing. What makes anyone think they have a batter way than God? EGO!
Self righteousness is the killer of men, of ideas, of love! When you start saying look at me, look what I’m doing instead of what He is doing, what He has done, you just crossed that line. If “I” is more prevalent than the “Great I Am”, you better start looking for somewhere else to be. If you are the one saying it, well… you better check your ego at the door before you enter the kingdom.
In the last part of the verse it says “evil in Heavenly places”. If we are bringing Heaven to earth, then this is a Heavenly place. If evil, if flesh and blood rules here, how can we ever bring Heaven here? Jesus did! He is the blueprint, love, love, love! There is no love in ego, there is no love in self indulgence or self righteousness. Love cannot have a condition on it. Love can not be ruled over. Love cannot have a price tag. The price was paid with a life, the sacrifice was already made. We say it, but we don’t rest in it!
Freedom is a myth in this world or is it? No it’s not. As I break away from business as usual, as I pull on my helmet, as I hold up my shield, as I rest in Him, my freedom has grown into a beautiful place. I no longer allow this world to rule my life(well most of the time). When I set in His lap, when I lay it at His feet and say it’s yours Father, I am free, Free indeed! Paul said he had to die to his flesh daily, I get this now. If I live in the world of the flesh I am a captive. If I live in this world, I need worldly things to be happy. But if I give all of this away, if I rest not in my understanding but in His, I will find a new freedom and a new happiness, I will see Heaven on earth…
Thank you Jesus!
Or We Can Be Like Jesus
How we show up is important! I am not saying this to condemn anyone, but think about these verses:
““Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root. Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants, so that they did not bear grain. Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up, grew and produced a crop, some multiplying thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times.” Then Jesus said, “Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear.””
Mark 4:3-9 NIV
If I am the farmer, how I plant my seed is important. How I deliver that seed to the soil and take care of it, is how the fruit will be produced. The fact is, I first must take care of my own fields first! How I am cultivating my mindset, how I am showing up is more important than what I can saying. If Jesus had walked around putting down the disciples, if He was drunk, cursed and lied, would His words have carried any weight? If He boasted about who He was, treated them as less than, how long would those closest to Him stayed? Sure there would be some who would hang out, those with a like minded mindset, those who believed that their way was the right way. But was it the righteous way?
We forget that we are the representative of God or is it that we don’t care? God is in us, He gave us and gives us power and strength, He breathed life into us. Although we are covered by this body, this shell, it doesn’t give us a built in excuse to be less than who we are supposed to be. Jesus was flesh and bones… so why do we let ourselves off the hook? Why do we get to right to say, well I am human after all?
Let’s go back to the farmer. Every single person we meet is good soil. They were all made in the image of God. The problem is, how was the soil prepared? Farmers use cow manure to prepare their fields, the reason is, all the grains and stuff they eat can’t survive their digestive system. What that means is that unwanted weeds or plants will not grow in the field from their fertilizer. They will not have to battle these things to get the most desired and healthy plants. Those who use horse manure on the other hand, because of the horses digestive system, will end up with seeds from undesired plants. This will make it harder to produce a better yield of crops. I say this to tell you, if I am speaking a great message, if I am talking about the Kingdom in a great and powerful way, but I am over here acting in another way, all the unrighteous fertilizer on the seeds I have planted will be tainted by the sight of the weeds growing in my own field. If I am letting myself off the hook, if I am so self righteous that I use worldly excuses to explain away my actions, I will be pulling weeds instead of producing good fruit. Sure my words may get some produce, but my actions will taint the rest.
Here is something to think about, Jesus is talking to the disciples, they are not getting what He is saying, this is new to them and it just isn’t setting in. In His frustration He says, are you f’ing stupid? What the “f” is wrong with you? How do they view themselves? How much are they going to retain or will they want to? Do they continue to follow Him? How does the use of that word, that language effect how they view Him?
How about this view…
“Jesus answered, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.””
Matthew 19:21 NIV
Let’s say this man went out and did exactly what Jesus said to do, then when the man returns, he sees Him stuffing money in His pockets. What does that look like to not just that man, but to all who heard Him. Once again, I am not condemning anyone, God said He wanted us to have an abundant life, but by what means?
We are no different than Jesus, not one bit. As children of God, as sons and daughters we are responsible for not just teaching the Word, but living it. When we are truly awakened to who we are in Christ, we became a new creation. We become more, instantly! We no longer have the excuse of lack, of not knowing any better. I can no longer fall back on God’s Grace and forgiveness as justification of my purposeful actions. I cannot tell you that I am new, the old is gone and then say my past transgressions, my past life style is why I do what I do today. If I continue to believe that, act like that then it is time for me to seek out some healing. It is time for me to look at my faith in Him. If I believe He is all things, if I believe He can do all things then why am I striving so hard to put mans stamp on it? If I truly believe that He can, why am I trying to do it for Him? Why are we interrupting what God is trying to do by doing what we think we need to do? Is that faith in Him? Do we really think we know better than He does? If I believe mans way is better, it’s a better idea than just getting out of the way, then I really don’t believe all.
“All things to me are lawful, but all things are not profitable; all things to me are lawful, but all things do not build up;”
1 Corinthians 10:23 YLT1898
We have free will, we can do and say what we want and how we want, but at what cost? If what I do or say with purposeful intentions to cause harm, pain or strife, is that profitable to anyone? Is that Christ like? Is that loving your neighbor? We need to stop excusing ourselves through grace, through the blood of Jesus. We need to stop being the excuse for others to act the way they are acting because they are following our example. We can lie, cheat, belittle and gossip. We can curse, yell, be angry and boastful. Or we can be like Jesus…
Revival part 2
Revival part #2
For a couple of thousand years God has been waiting, patiently for our flesh to catch up to the gospel. He has shown us signs and wonders, sent great prophets and apostles and yet we are not much farther along than we were back then. He wrote a book, a mighty book of how we should be, how we are to treat each other, how we are suppose to act, we don’t fall short, we fail! We title up, listen to everyone who falls inline with what we say and proclaim we have all the answers. On the other side, we disclaim and deny those who see different than we do. God once gave me a vision of all of us being like a puzzle, a 3D puzzle. He was stacking us upon each other and it was creating a body, the body! Not one more important than the other. It did not matter your title or years of awakened. We all fit where He needed us to fit. He also allowed me to see a giant connect the dots board, as the board came closer, the dots were people, the lines went back and forth, person to person, miles away and the ones close together too. Sometimes the line would just bounce between two people or three. These connections were important to this move, this “revival” that is happening. We tag this move with a name, we feel the need to call it something and go after it like a fumbled football. There is no fumbled football here. There is no mistake made by God. He has shown us through Jesus and twelve, then a hundred and then even more what to do. What do we do with that, we look at ourselves as being the one, our group as being the group who is going to bring this thing home. We are going to pick up the ball and be the hero. There are no heroes here, no one person, no MVP except for God! It is for His glory, not ours! No matter what platform you stand on, it isn’t yours alone to figure this out. We are a body for a reason. You can’t walk without both feet, both ankles, both calves, you get the point.
God has shown me lots of things in the past few years, the increase in the past year or so has been sometimes overwhelming. I felt unworthy at times, have been told so by others. I have seen so many grow, I have seen some who have awakened yesterday, getting visions today. We just need to follow the blueprint! God said to me a couple of days ago, read the Book of James and know it. Then go back and read the Gospels. I believe that wasn’t just for me. As I am writing this He said “don’t just read it, apply it. If what you are hearing doesn’t line up with what you are seeing, be cautious of the motives.” Woah!!
We are, each and every one of us important in this move. We all have a roll in it. But I can tell you from experience, if He calls and you don’t respond, He calls another. You can’t stop Him, you can’t slow Him down, He moves as He wants to. Do what He asks, listen close to what He is saying. “He who has ears let him hear”. He speaks through us in so many ways, tune in, pay attention! Those awakened, those who are not, those who haven’t yet, He speaks through them all! There is so much we don’t know, so much that blows right by us, because we lean on our own understanding. What we are supposed to be doing is resting in His understanding. If you are awakened, it’s time to truly wake up. If you are not yet awakened, listen close, you will be! Let love flow, live the Book of James, be as Jesus is, He said “Follow Me”. He is the straight path, He is the way, He is the light! He was, is and will always be the answer!
Fear to faith 